The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I just enjoy calculating, and it's an instrument I know how to play. It's almost an athletic performance, in a way. I… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Science and religion are, of course, two different ways of looking at the universe; and it's the same universe with two different… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Plasma seems to have the kinds of properties one would like for life. It's somewhat like liquid water--unpredictable and thus able to… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
If you're in the business world, that's what's expected: You should go bust and then start again on something else. So it's… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Science is a human activity, and the best way to understand it is to understand the individual human beings who practise it.… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
For some days I quietly worked out in my own mind the metaphysics of Cosmic Unity. The more I thought about it,… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Life is nature's way to give mind oportunities it wouldn't otherwise had. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
There is no way to find the best design except to try out as many designs as possible and discard the failures. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The only way to improve the chances for finding winners is to keep all the choices open and try them all. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The point of fact is, just in simple ways, you can see how much better things have gotten. I mean, when I… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
New directions in science are launched by new tools much more often than by new concepts. The effect of a concept-driven revolution… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I don't know, but I think it's quite possible that the more science you teach kids in school the more it turns… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Science was blamed for all the horrors of World War I, just as it's blamed today for nuclear weapons and quite rightly.… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Have felt it myself. The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you come to them as a scientist. To feel… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to make real progress in technology without gambling.” — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“Sanity is, in essence, nothing more than the ability to live in harmony with nature's laws.” — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“I do not feel like an alien in this universe. The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
It makes very little sense to believe the output of the climate models. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they were impossible. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
When World War II came along, which was when I was a teenager, we all expected we would have anthrax bombs and this kind… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
